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The main gate/portal of the fort and Pousada hostel The Chapel of Santo António, within the walls of the fort. Originally, the fort was anchored on a rocky shoreline that extended into the harbour and surrounded by a narrow strip of beach sand on either side, with a small dock on its southern lateral wall (called theCais da Alfândega, or Customs wharf). [15]
Paço de Arcos is where Quinta da Fonte is located, one of the biggest office parks in Europe, being the home of companies such as DLL Group, Hewlett-Packard, among others. The town is featured in Robert Wilson's 1999 novel A Small Death in Lisbon, as both the residence of the main character, Inspector José "Zé" Coelho, and where a body is found.
Hotel Añaza is the abandoned structure of a hotel or apartment block near Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Construction was started by a German company in 1973, but was abandoned two years later, before the building was finished. As of 2025 the structure still exists, but it is pending demolition.
The parish of Porto da Cruz was created on 26 September 1577, by Jerónimo Barreto, establishing as its patron Nossa Senhora da Piedade (English: Our Lady of Piety). [3] During the contract signing, the formal donation identified the new church as Nossa Senhora da Glória (English: Our Lady of Glory ), but after completion, it was consecrated ...
Luz is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa on the island of Graciosa in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 683, [ 1 ] in an area of 11.70 km 2 . [ 2 ] It contains the localities Alto do Sul, Fajã da Folga, Folga, Carapacho, Luz and Pedras Brancas.
Távora (Santa Maria e São Vicente) is a civil parish in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santa Maria de Távora and São Vicente de Távora. [1] The population in 2011 was 955, [2] in an area of 6.74 km 2. [3]
The Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon is a luxury hotel located in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. It was built in the 1950s on the wishes of the leader of the Portuguese Estado Novo dictatorship, António de Oliveira Salazar , who considered that the capital had no hotel of sufficient quality for important foreign visitors.
AP Hotels & Resorts–Tavira–SC Farense (in accordance with sponsorship and naming rights agreements), also known as Clube de Ciclismo de Tavira (the official, legal name of the sports organization since its foundation) is a Portuguese professional cycling team, founded in 1979, which is based in Tavira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve.